The Week in Geek, March 7-14: Heavy Metal, PAX frenzy, and the gothpocalypse

My
forecast: high chance of coolness all week in the MIT area, with a lull
Wednesday and Thursday to get ready for an action-packed weekend of
goth nights, video games, and movie screenings.

Be sure to get tickets to PAX East soon -- time is running out fast. Also, if you've ever heard of a little thing called Lord of the Rings, the Conference On Middle-Earth is revived and happening March 26. Get your tickets now for this epic event. Oh, but wait -- that's the same weekend as the Steampunk Convention! Decisions, decisions.

[gaming + film] Rock Band Night @ Brattle Theatre"A
prequel of sorts to the absurdly popular PAX East convention," local
game studio Harmonix brings you an evening of ersatz shredding, presided
over by a panel of judges from GiantBomb.com. Kicking things off is a screening of Heavy Metal
-- the American animated classic was one of the last in a generation of
hokey animation, and first in a generation of adult-ness. Violence, sex, and rock & roll. And John Candy. 7pm.

[club] X-Mortis apocalypse @ TT the Bear'sGet out the Mad Max VHS
for some costume ideas, cause X-Mortis is throwing a Post-Apocalyptic
party at TT the Bear's this Friday featuring Boston-goth mainstay DJ
Chris Ewens. Polish up your gas masks and plague cloaks, kids -- there's
swag for the best costume! 9pm-2am.

SATURDAY 3.12.11

[film] Gone With the Pope @ Coolidge Corner TheatrePope'n
ain't easy... especially if you're the kind of Pope who gets kidnapped by
a bunch of ‘70s thugs who plan to ransom every Catholic in the world.
This recently ehxhumed 1976 exploitation has more filth, gore, and
woolly T&A than you can shake a pointy hat at. Kiss the ring at
midnight.